C'mon, Accept Your Joy!

C'mon, Accept Your Joy! is the debut album of Athens, Georgia-based power pop band Chris McKay & the Critical Darlings. According to Flagpole Magazine, "There’s a vague but strong taste of Cheap Trick’s “Surrender” in its muscular smiling power-pop, and that’s always a selling point." The University of Georgia paper Red and Black declared the disc as sounding like "the Clash or some other music from that time."

Track listing

 * 1) "Towel Cape Song"  – 3:31
 * 2) "I Know Too Much (For My Own Good)"  – 4:22
 * 3) "Into My View"  – 3:57
 * 4) "Sometimes I'm Sam"  – 4:10
 * 5) "Phony"  – 5:32
 * 6) "Down"  – 5:22
 * 7) "Colors in Black & White"  – 3:28
 * 8) "Until The Road Ends"  – 2:25
 * 9) "Taking Its Toll"  – 5:49
 * 10) "I'll Be Fine"  – 4:50

Personnel

 * Chris McKay - lead vocals, guitars, bass, Rhodes, synths
 * Frank DeFreese - bass, rhythm guitar
 * Tom Bavis - drums, percussion, vocals, white noise, synths

Album notes

 * Produced, arranged and sequenced by Chris McKay and Tom Bavis
 * Mastered at City Mastering by Jeff Capurso
 * Recorded at D.A.R.C in Athens, Georgia
 * All songs Copyright 2005 Blather Skite Music, ASCAP
 * Cover painting by Scott Bullock Penumbra Studios
 * Live photo by Amanda Stahl
 * Back cover band portrait by Asa Leffer
 * Graphic design and layout defaulted to Chris McKay